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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
Due to Rum and the Boycott.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
A wealthy family of Washington having
taken up their residence in an elegant man.
sion, issued five or six hundred invitations
for an afternoon tea, as house-warming.
The date of the entertainment having az
rived, the hostess, with corps of assistants,
assembled in the parlOr ana patiently
awaited the arrival of the guests. The
early part of the afternoon passed without
a single arrival; then. as twilight waned
into night few strayed in, their feeling
of awkwardnesS rivaling that of the hostess
when they perceived the state of affairs. 1t
subsequently transpired that the servant to
whom the invitations had been intrusted for
deliverance. in an unwary moment, took
too much to drink, and, after delivering
few invitations, cast the remainder away.
A similar incident. though two-fold more
embarrassing to the hostess, occurred IN
family living in the fashionable northwest
section of the city. On this occasion the
invitations issued were for an evening re-
ception, the time set being o'clock.
Shortly after 10, a lady prominent in social
circles drove up to the house, and though
astonished at the absence of carriages
about the entrance. supposed only that she
had come in advance of the other guests,
dlISllcu dllu UdtiO UllC COdClluudu IGIuIu at
midnight Upon entering the dressing-room
her establishment increased TO find that
she was literally the only person who had
arrived. After throwing aside her wraps
and dawdling through an immensely long
three-quarters of an hour, she decided to
descend to the brilliantly lighted drawing
room, where the mortified host and hostess
welcomed her with effusion. For some in
applicable reason not another guest arrived
throughout the evening, which she was
compelled to sit all through, having ordered
her carriage not to return before IL o'clock.
The reason of this singular boycott on the
part of society remains to this day involved
the deepest mystery.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

''Two little chaps, the Riley twins, abou
: years old, tumbled from raft into deep
water at a Brooklyn dock one day. grappled
each other and sank. | happened to be
near and dove after them in my clothes.
At the bottom | found one holding fast to a
pile and the other clinging to him. tried
to pull them away. but only sunk myself
into the mud with the effort and had to go
up for air. The next time l dove to them,
caught them around their bodies. braced
my feet against the pile and tore
them loose. Before they could get
their death grasp on me | had hand in
the hair of each and took them to the sur
face, and although they had been under
water nearly ten minutes their lives were
saved.
1T is of the utmost importance that a
swimmer should know what to do in such
cases. and just how to tackle drowning peo-
pie. If he does not 60 to work the right
way, he will not only fail to save anybody,
but will lose his own life. AS an exercise
and amusement swimming will hold its
own with any sport, and to be proficient i'll
it man must be an athlete, but every man
and woman should know how to swim for
self-preServation."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
CHINOOK SIDE STROKE.

side thigh muscles do this work. and as
those muscles are little used ordinarily, the
beginner finds swimming very tiresome.
Special exercise is needed to develop the
thigh muscles. and when | am training /
Use ali apparatus similar to the chest
weights seen in all gYmnasiums. 1t is
sort of chair. in which l sit with my back
TO the wall and my feet in stirrups at the
end of ropes that run through pulleys and
are attached to weights. The movement is
like the kick in swimming Beginning
with small weights / gradually increase
until [ kick out a hundred pounds or so
with each leg. A swimmer should also
use dumb-bells, making the same motions
with his'arms as he would in the water
Lung capacity, OF course, is one of the
most important requisites in swimming.
The more air man can hold inside of him
the more buoyant he will be and the easier
he can swim. TO develop lung power |
open my mouth. take as big gulp of air
as l can and hold my breath, timing myself
by watch. When L can hold the wind in
no longer blow it out through nv mouth
quickly and take another gulp, and so on,
doing that frequently during the day
When l am out of condition and training
IAN hold my breath say a minute and a
quarter. but when i'll good condition | can
hold it twice as long. Any man can nearly
double his lung power by this exercise. In
swimming always breathe through the
mouth instead of the nose. 1t takes too
long to get full breath through the nos
nils. You are swimming in heavy sea,
for example, and coming up from
under one wave you see another
almost upon you. If you try
to eXpel your breath through the nose and
take i'll fresh supply that way. the wave
will catch you in the middle of the opera
ton and half Strangle you before you know
what is the matter. Through the mouth
the lungs can be emptied and reflled in less
than second, and the swimmer is pre-
pared to go under or through the wave.
This is very important in surf swimming,
when the swimmer gets chance to breathe
only by coming to the surface every half
dozen strokes. In short, choppy sea also,
when the waves are running crosSwise and
slapping you on all sides in quick success
sion. you would soon be drowned if Won
tried to breathe through the nose. The
breath must be taken quickly, so that the
swimmer may not lose his buoyancy even
momentarily.
The best stroke for long distances is the
side stroke of which there are several
styles. The swimmer lies upon one side,
the right for illustration. stretches his right
arm out ahead of him, palm down, and
brings it with a strong downward sweep
through the water to his thigh. The first
part of the movement raises him, and the
last part propels him forward As the
eight hand nears the side, the left is swung
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

was hard work at first and we couldn't
keep at it very long, and would be so tired
when we reached home as to be unfit for
anything during the evening, bnt
that wore off and now we can
roll the pins all the afternoon
ana dance four or five hours in the evening,
and then only be sufficiently tired to as
sure us of good rights rest. We very
nearly gave the thing up soon after we
began. 1t was so difficult for us to ever
make shot that scored, and the thing
grew monotonous. We could only roll the
balls very slowly. and the hOrrid things
would Wabble from side to side and finally
waoDle OFF into the trough. After we be-
came more expert, the exercise grew more
interesting, and now we wouldn't miss an
afternoon for anything. We are thinking
seriously OF going out twice week, instead
of once"
AS the young lady turned and walked
down the street, with her erect and graceful
carriage and elastic step, it could readily be
believed that the exercise she had taken
had been beneficial.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
GOOD TASTE I'm DRESS.
Ut is Sadly Lacking in American len
and Women.
Cleveland Plaindealer.

CleNeldHu flalnueaieF.
The American girl and woman don't dress
as well as they should. Anglomaniacs of
lesser or greater degree may talk about the
athletic Englishwoman and the extra weight
and strength that she carries if they like.
The talk isn't good. American femininity
has more strong points. outside that
of health, than that of any other
nation. except the savages, OF
which we know little except that the sun
and fresh air have plenty of chance at them
and that they work very hard ard deSpiSe
the hired girl. But our women are most
inartiStic dreSsers. A promenade on any
crowded st1eet in an American town will
show that. Take a trip and see for your
selves. FL wager good deal that fat and
SQUAT women will be seen in light colored
garments and thin women in funereal gar
mentS that show their imperfections of tig
ure as luridly as black lettered sign on a
a white card.
l wouldn't give a picayune myself for a
woman who has not the necessary pride
to dress herself as well as her means will
allow Clean, neat, and even luXuriant
dress-always Supposing that one can af-
ford luXury-tell of ambition, and ambl-
tons an excellent thing if controlled. 1t
may be an absence of taste that leads a
woman to dress in unsuitable dresses and
choose unsuitable patterns and shades for
them. But advice is one of the
cheapest things of the present day.
And it is not alone the gaunt and the
fac women who handicap their faces and
figures with bad dresses of bad shapes and
worse colors. l see girls who are fair of
face. but a little fleshy. who use barred
roObc for thnir 6rpccpc anH alOSQ ann
small hats and bonnets; and tall and rather
diaphanous maidens, who have an inordin-
ate affection for bars and big brimned hats.
Very bad taste, my dears, l assure you, and
unnecessarily bad taste, too. 1t is a
taste that no amount of money can put
into shape, because it arrays nature and
art against each other.
And men are as bad or worse. They do
not show as badly as women because the
standard Of dress is not as high among
them. A really well-dressed man is some
thing of curiosity, though there are quite
a number of them in every group. L wish that
the average apportiOnment of brain among
them was larger than it is, for it has been
my bad luck to meet good deal of maScu-
line vapidity in good clothes. But / suppose
the addressed men of century of civiliz-
alton average up better on intellectually.
At least l hope so. We all know thin young
men who have an abiding love for striped
and very tight trousers and hats with over
powering brimS. And we all know how the
general effect of the hat, the trousers and
the man strikes the eye-of everybody but
the thin man. The tall men wear pea jack
cts and short ones frock coats. and fair men
red neckties and dark ones blue and green
shaded ones. This incongruity puts more
color and humor into ones look at the
throng, I'll admit, but it isn't healthy and
ought to be baniShed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

send it rolling slowly towards the pins.
The captain and two or three others are
now busy mastering the difficulty OF taking
a small ball and curving it from one side of
the alley to another
JUST FEEL MY MUSCLE"
said a member of the club to the writer,
who has the pleasure of her acquaintance,
as they met late last Tuesday afternoon as
she was returning from the rendezvous.
Don't you think am getting strong?"
she continued, after the reporter had given
her arm reverential squeeze. ''Some of
the girls have even bigger muscles than l.
and we all have wonderful appetites. 1t
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

the cut end of the cigar. Just as L reach
the surface again, another flip reverses the
cigar and there | am smoking calmly. The
reversing Is done so quickly that nobody
notices it. That is a mere fancy trick. but
useful bit of swimming practice and one
that every swimmer should perfect himself
i'll is handling in the water person who
cannot swim. To save drowning person.
you must prevent him from taking hold of
you. AS you approach him. go under
water, and if he is faced toward you, catch
him by the legs and twirl him around
Then come up behind him and grasp him
by the collar or the hair at the back OF the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
PIE X INS.
"What's in q name,

'What's in name?''
No part of him is Perkins name.
If aught plebeian is it's tone:
More stately presence never came
With the cognomens princes own.
So far removed from COMMONPLACE.
So noble and high-bred is hei
Such fine reserve and native grace
And dignity are rare to see.
His raiment costly, richest fur
And daintiest of white array.
Costume and manners faultless are
On all occasions every day.
OF quiet elegance and ease
His life has all heart can desire
OF pleasant ways and paths of neaoe.
An easy chair, an open fire.
May the delights be as the davs
OF Perkins, the aristocratl
For him this wish and feeble praise
My lady's handsome Maltese Gait
Boston Evening TRANSCRIPT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

st. PauPs fairest and gayest maidens do
congregate at the home of one of their num-
Der and partake of light luncheon, after
which they repair in a body to certain re-
sort far out on West Seventh street. where
there are bowling alleys, and there they
spend the afternoon playing ten-pins They
pay the proprietor of the place literally,
and he. in return, guards the rickety door
that leads to the alleys faithfully while the
young ladies are enjoying their exercises.
Men are strictly excluded from these after
moons spent in the bowling alleys, and, be
he brother or beIrothed of one of the fair
ones. no member of the sterner sex is per-
mitted to be present. There is a saloon
adjoining the alleys and connected by
door, which is kept securely locked during
the hours when the girls are enjoying them
selves. They nevellpatronized the bar but
once. when they INDUCED in a pail of beer.
but the effect was found to be otherwise
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
AMONG THE SWIMMERS
The Interesting Story Told by the Instruc-
tor of the New York Ath-
letio Club.
How the Oommonest Style of Swimming
Offers Resistance by an Elk
cess of Surface.
Lung Capacity One of the Most Inn
portant Requisites in Becom-
ing an Expert.
The Side Stroke the Best--Several
illustrations to Bring Out
Good Points.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.

EpUCluI correspondence Oh IIIO NIUJV.
NEW YORK, March 4.-Swmmng is an
ancient art, but as an athletic sport it is
comparatively modern among civilized
men. and it is only since the habit of spend
ing the warm season at the seaShore be-
came fashionable that any large proportion
of people have taken the trouble to acquire
the useful accomplishment. 1t is singular
fact that the men, who of all others most
need to be able to sustain themselves in
the water. are the least likely TO know how
10 swim a stroke. OF a crew of twenty
sailors on board merchant vessel scarce
half Il dozen, on the average. have any
chance Of saving themselves ii they happen
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

head and flop him upon his back. To tow
him ashore, swim upon your back using
your feet and right hand for propulsion,
and drag him after you. If he does turn
and try to grasp You, hit him In
the stomach with your knee and hit him
hard. If necessary, punch his head and
stun him. Do anything to break his hold
if he grabs you, because if you don't, both
OF you will drown.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
WORK.
Paving Western Avenue.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, MIMI, Feb. 30, 1887.
Sealed bids win be received by the Board OF
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City of ST. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until II m, on the 9TH day of
March, A. D., 1887, for the paving of Western
Avenue, from Summit Avenue to Laurel
Avenue, in said city. with asphalt (32 feet
wide) and putting in Kettle river sandstone
curbs according to plans and specifications on
file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties In
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent OF the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President,
Official:
Z. l.. GORMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
h5-Ro
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than good, and now beer is tabooed Thu

tiidil SOOUs dlltl IlOW U0cl Is tdUOOtu. H0
three alleys in the place, are all in use at
the same time, four girls playing at EACH
Straight ten-pins is the favorite game and
the one generally played, although cooked
hat" is sometimes INDUCED in by the more
experienced players. For ''bowling cos
tune" The young ladies wear neatly fitting
gowns of some material resembling wooden
goods, with Tam O'Shant er caps. and
long CASTOR de suede gloves. Of the party,
five are decided brunettes, four are blondes
and the remaing three might be called me
diums" The captain is a
TALL. AND PRETTY BRUNETTE,
the best player and the jolliest girl of the
dozen Jolly fair ones of whom she is the
leader. She secures all the money and pays
the car fare and the proprietor of the
alleys, settles all dis ites that arise, and
decides whether they will walk out to the
rendezvous or ride. In pleasant weather
walking is preferred. At the alleys lots
are drawn for partners and opponents and
the fun of the afternoon begins. At first
the girls experienced considerable difficulty
in keeping the balls from wobblng off the
alleys into the troughs on the side, but the
majority of them have overcome that, and
are now able to send the spheres with more
or less directness to the objective point
the triangle of pins at the other end of
the alley. There is one little blonde
who seems to be unable to
exercise due control over the balls. which
persist in rolling off the sides of the alleys,
despite her strenuous efforts to make them
roll down the center. She does not de-
spair, and declares that she shall persevere
until she is the best player in the club.
There is another member of the club, also
blonde, and one OF the most charming
girls of the whole dozen, who doesn't care
bit whether the balls roll down the trough
OF down the alley. She doesn't see any fun
in rolling ten-pins anyhow, and only goes
along because the other girls do. The cap
tain of the club is just the opposite. She
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
The Utmost Depth of Misery.

TOWn TOPICS
At the club: ''Upon my soul, Dobson!
you are the dsmalest company / know of
since that Brown girl gave you your congo.
l never saw fellow take the mitten so
wretchedly." "Wretchedly! Haw! Wretched
issn't name faw it. You can. aw, fawncy
how wretched l am when tell you. l, aw,
don't cayaw wap how my, aw. bweeches
fit me'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

The girls have
as many differ
ent styles of de-
livering the balls
as a professional
base ball pitcher.
Some o f the
more muscular
members of the
club select a ball
about four inches
in diameter, and
send it swiftly
down the alleys
with one arm.
Others will Sc
lect a larger bail.
a II d, standing
with one foot on
each side of the
alley. will give
it two or three
} SHIRT cyvipuc onJ
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06

would rather roll ten-pins than waltz any
time, and went at it to learn
with the same determination that made
her one of the most expert oarswomen in st.
Paul. She combines accuracy with grace,
and presents very pretty picture as she
sends ball whizzing down the center of all
alley. and eagerly watches the result Of her
shot. She scorns the small balls that the
other girls USE and selects one about six
inches in diameter. The only member of
the club who has ever beaten the captain is
tall, dignified blonde, who generally plays
with the leader, and always presses her
hard for the victory, and sometimes wins.
The next player in rank, according to per-
lection of play. is short, stout, good
natured girl, neither dark nor fair, but one
of the mediums. She plays well, in
deed, but as yet has never won the
distinction of having beaten the captain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
Patent Law Jas. F. Williamson,

Room Is, COLON Block, Minneapolis Solicl
or of patents, counsellor in patent eases
Two Years an Examiner in u. y. Pa
tent Office.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
FIELD, MAILER eco,
LATE NOVELTIES!

Our latest styles of Paris and Berlin High Novelties
in Silks and Dress Goods, with trimmings to match are
now ready While the assortment very large the GUAM
tity many Of the choice novelties is limited We show
special attractive line of new weaves in Black Silk
Goods such as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-06
TWELVE FAIR BOWLERS
How Dozen of st. Pauls Society Girls
Are Making Themselves Healthy
During Lent,
And at the Same Time Having Lots o
Fun in a Quiet Feminine
Kind Of Way.
Blondes and Brunettes Who Are
Becoming Experts at TEMPT
and Cooked Hat.''
No Gentlemen Need Apply, for the
Doors Are Locked Against All
Male Intruders.
7HERE is a par

HERE is q par
ty of twelve st.
Paul society
girls who are
having lots Of
fun all by them
selves during
these quiet days
of Lent, and in
the meantime
we are not say
ing a word to
anybody. On
pleasant Tues
day afternoons
these twelve of
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
THE REVOLVER IN SHOSHONE.
William Murray Shoots His Wife-Jeal.
,Ousy Alleged as the Cause.

William Murray, formerly in the
employ of the Oregon Short Line
Railway, shot bis wife in the mouth
with SO caliber revolver, at Sho-
shone, about 6 o'clock last evening.
The ball cut an artery, and lodged in
the muscles in the back of the neck.
DR.. Kibbe tied up the artery, and
hopes to save the woman's life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray were married
between six and eight months ago;
but the husband being nearly twice
the wife's age, he was said to be jeal-
Gus OF her, QAthough without probable
cause. Yesterday she received q
postal card, addressed in her maiden
name, from a former intimate friend
now living in Washington Territory,
asking if she was there yet, and if she
was to drop him line. Mr.. Murray
forbade her to answer the card, but
she persisted in saying that she would,
whereupon he drew a revolver from his
pocket, and shot her as above stated.
He then made for the lava fields in
the direction of Snake river, where
he disappeared. A party at once
started in pursuit, but failed to find
him. If found he would undoubtedly
have been hung. This morning Con-
stable Jack Campbell started out
after him. Mrs. Murray is sister-in-
law of Mrs. Bowers, whose husband,
a cattle man in easy circumstances,
owns q butcher shop in Shoshone.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Fine bar goods at Hendricks.

Fine bar goods at Hendricks.
~- Blank Proofs of Labor fol
sale at this office.
Got your Gem Roller Mill Flour al
the l. F. Co.'S store.
elegant dress boots only ~ pair,
At the I. f. Co.'s store.
Buy your hats of George Krieg
All oolors, stiff and soft.
George Krieg has just received
large assortment of latest style hats.
Hay and grain of every. description
at tho Idaho Forwarding Company
store.
~Location notices, for both lode
aud placer claims, for sale at the
TINES Office.
Brother Bacon, he of the Boise Re
publican, is in town, gathering few
Isscads'' for his excellent family jour
nal. rs
The HALEY public school will be
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
ReneWs Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable
story, the truth of which is vouched for
by the residents Of the town: 81 am 70
years old, have been troubled with kidney
complaint and lameness for many years
could not dress myself without help.
Now am free from all pain and soreness,
and am able to do all my own homework.
owe my thanks to Electric bitters for
having renewed my youth, and removed
completely all disease and pain" Try a
bottle, only Soc. at J. A. Rupert's drug
store.